Tuan Bought a New Leather Jacket After Saving for Many

question 5

Multiple Choice

Tuan bought a new leather jacket after saving for many months for the luxury purchase. On the first day he went out wearing the new garment, he found a $50 bill on the sidewalk outside of his office. He now refers to the jacket as his "lucky jacket" and believes that it has some magical power to give him good fortune. Tuan's belief in the jacket's cosmic ability is an example of

• A) the availability heuristic.
• B) an illusory correlation.
• C) selective attention.
• D) the falsification principle.

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Definitions:

Dominant Source

This term refers to the primary or most influential factor in a given context, often used in the fields of communication, psychology, and environmental studies.

Mouth

An opening in the body where food is ingested and vocalizations emerge, encompassing structures such as the lips, tongue, teeth, and the beginning of the digestive tract.

Oral Stage

The first stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, occurring from birth to 18 months, where the infant's pleasure centers on oral activities like sucking.

Weaned

The process of gradually introducing an infant mammal to adult food while ceasing the feeding of mother's milk.